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Simon Fraser collection
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Simon Fraser collection

  • F-208
  • Collection
  • 1803 - [ca. 2014]

Collection consists of records relating to the personal history and genealogy of the university's namesake, the explorer, Simon Fraser. Records include; correspondence, working papers, reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs and negatives, drawings, artifacts and textiles.

Simon Fraser history and SFU Archives correspondence

Series consists of records relating to Simon Fraser and includes general biographical information, university correspondence with members of the Fraser family and Lord Lovat, archival responses to research inquiries, a scrapbook of Fraser family news clippings created by Donald Fraser, Barbara Rogers genealogical research, Vancouver Sun newspaper articles written by Stephen Hume, and Simon Fraser historic site and family property reference material collected by J. Dennis Casey and Howard Wright. Records include correspondence, working papers and research notes, a scrapbook, newspaper clippings, publications, and copies of maps and photographs.

Simon Fraser letters

The letters were donated to the university on opening day, September 9, 1965, by Donald Fraser, a great-grandson of Simon Fraser. However, the documents were misplaced and were found in 1988 in the desk belonging to a history professor. At this time, the University Archivist arranged to have a handwriting expert to analyze the documents and determine their authorship.

Series consists of original letters written by Simon Fraser and supporting documentation. Series includes correspondence with Don Brown who was hired in 1988 to authenticate the letters, copies of other documents written by Simon Fraser from the National Archives of Canada that were used during the authentication process, and publicity regarding the identification of the letters. Records include correspondence, working papers, reports, and newspaper clippings.

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